On Thursday Mundelein will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Lake Zurich Bears at 6:45 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mundelein's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Warren Township as Mundelein made off with a 4-0 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Mustangs considering their one-goal performance the game before.
They hit Warren Township with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Diego Sanchez (2),
Vsevolod Grygoryshyn, and Grygoryshyn.
Meanwhile, Lake Zurich's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Zion-Benton. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Zee-Bees are ranked 284th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got Mundelein back to even at 6-6-1. As for Lake Zurich, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2-4.
Mundelein came up short against Lake Zurich in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Mundelein avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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